I got the bright idea to frame some of those old 5x7 NES box covers as art a few days ago, and I even made some trial runs just using google image search for Bad Dudes or Double Dragon. Problem is the images are usually 550x450 or something so they don't print very well.
Does anyone have any idea of where I could get high quality scans of the box art? Or if any of you great people have any original boxes you could scan for me?
Alternatively I was considering buying them up on ebay but I am only interested in the box art and not the game so it seems like a waste.
I would love any insight.
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Bisqwit wrote:
Back then, many of those box arts were actually available as high-quality posters.
I have a poster of the Duck Tales box, and some other too, I think.
You might want to look for such posters.
Btw, that cover is from the US release of Megaman, and generally considered horrid. (People really don't know about true art!)
But what was the original Japanese cover like? I don't remember ever seeing that one.
Well it turns out GameFaqs has the best images of these boxes. This is awesome! Now I just need to choose the 9 best covers to use for my display. Anyone have any favorites?
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VirtualAlex wrote:
Well it turns out GameFaqs has the best images of these boxes. This is awesome! Now I just need to choose the 9 best covers to use for my display. Anyone have any favorites?
Well man, I'm into the classics, like that megaman one.
I never liked SMB3, but no one can hate this cover art...
Of course, DUCK STORIES conquered its space in my heart easily.
"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself.
It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the
kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional
functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success."
- Onkar Ghate
Bisqwit wrote:
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^ I love how they probably just got that interpretation of Mario by extrapolating from the in-game sprites. They actually didn't too too horribly, except for the hat.
Of course, DUCK STORIES conquered its space in my heart easily.
